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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was interesting. The big reveal was strange and I didn’t love how rushed/empty the ending was. It gave Get Out x Severance
I keep seeing the description of ‘Get Out meets The Stepford Wives.’ 100% accurate.
mysterious
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book is BAD!
1) why all the different points of view
2) WHAT THE FUCK WAS GOING ON
3) felt like it was not like the blurb AT ALL
4) see point 2
Almost a DNF because I thought it was going to get good like the reviews said but NOPE
1) why all the different points of view
2) WHAT THE FUCK WAS GOING ON
3) felt like it was not like the blurb AT ALL
4) see point 2
Almost a DNF because I thought it was going to get good like the reviews said but NOPE
Padding padding padding and then the plot in the last 30 pages. I was really excited for this but I wouldn’t really say it’s a psychological thriller! Interesting twist, but most of it was predictable.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Like Stepford Wives but for black women in publishing; engaging, surprising, relatable beyond identity, and great commentary. Tense at moments, yet I also laughed out loud!
I didn’t like this and ended up skimming a lot of it. This book could have been a third of its length and would’ve been much better for it.
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Get Out meets Such a Fun Age is the best way to describe this book. I appreciate a lot of what this book is doing and I’m an absolute SUCKER for stuff set in the literary world. But the more Get Out side of things was perhaps not explained enough? Although maybe more explanation would only illuminate how improbable the mechanics of that twist actually are. I have a lot of questions like why Nella? How does this work? Etc. that I don’t think are fully fleshed out. But this was incredibly readable (I read it in one night!) and that final paragraph twist was a good one.